February 10
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh was named to his seventh NBA All-Star team when the reserves were announced Thursday. Despite the accolade, Bosh insisted he was unaware the significance of the day. "I didn't even know it was today," Bosh said. "I'm going to be honest with you." Despite the lack of interest, Bosh said being selected was an honor he will perhaps enjoy more when his career is over. He was announced as a reserve, joining LeBron James and Dwyane Wade as the Heat's representatives."
February 5
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Sunday, Chris Bosh will face the results of waiting-then-walking, when he faces the Toronto Raptors at AmericanAirlines Arena. Wednesday, he will experience the fallout of warning-then-waiting, when the Miami Heat travel to play the Orlando Magic. Each is a case study in the team-player dynamic in NBA free agency, be it Bosh's decision to allow free agency to run its course in 2009-2010 in Toronto or Dwight Howard's advance notice in Central Florida that he would be amenable to a franchise-salvaging trade in advance of his right to opt out of his contract this coming summer. For Bosh, creating Dwight-style drama was an option never considered as his time was expiring in Toronto, if only"
February 4
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Chris Bosh was planning to wait. His All-Star statements are made by coaches, not the voting public. But he never envisioned Charles Barkley as his campaign manager. A day after being bypassed as a starter on the Eastern Conference All-Star team, Bosh said Friday his only surprise during Thursday's announcement of All-Star starters was that it was Barkley who rushed to his defense, demanding a recount after New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony was voted in as the second East forward alongside the Heat's LeBron James. Considering the shots Barkley has taken from his TNT pulpit at the Heat since the Big Three of Bosh, James and Dwyane Wade came together in July 2010, he was the last"
February 3
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Chris Bosh will have to wait a week, but he's already found himself in an All-Star debate. While, as expected, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were announced Thursday as All-Star Game starters in the final tabulation of fan voting, the remaining member of the Miami Heat's Big Three will have to wait until next Thursday, when voting among conference coaches for reserves is announced. James and Wade are joined in the Eastern Conference starting lineup by Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose and New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony."
January 25
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Midway through the third quarter, with his team's lethargy reaching the point where he was forced to call plays from the bench, Erik Spoelstra informed his team to run, "C-Rip." Most of the way in this one, the Heat played like "C-rap." The difference between this slop and similar slop Sunday against the Milwaukee Bucks is Spoelstra's team somehow found a way to turn something equally ugly into a 92-85 victory Tuesday night over the Cleveland Cavaliers at AmericanAirlines Arena. "It wasn't an all-together smoothly played game," Spoelstra understated, "but there, at the end, regardless of how you get there, we were able to get a handful of stops and then able to execute down the stretch.""
January 23
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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After this one, nobody will be talking about how the Miami Heat look better without Dwyane Wade. Sunday, against a Milwaukee Bucks team that would prefer every game look like a street fight, the Heat were low on artistry and cogent offense in a 91-82 loss at AmericanAirlines Arena that snapped a three-game winning streak. "A clunker," Heat reserve forward Shane Battier said. Asked if he agreed, Heat forward LeBron James said, "I don't know what that means." The box score provided a more-than-apt accounting. The Heat shot 37.3 percent from the field, 3 of 12 on 3-pointers, recorded only nine assists and committed 22 turnovers. The nine assists were one above the franchise all-time low."
December 15
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Lights! Camera! Dwyane Wade! LeBron James! Chris Bosh! At the podium on media day. In front of the photographers. Celebrities: See who is courtside at the Finals And amid daily media throngs after practice. The others? You can find them to the side, often alone, waiting for the Miami Heat star attractions to finish their mega media obligations. "We," power forward Udonis Haslem said, "work on the bus and make sure it keeps working." While it could be debated whether the Miami Heat started the latest incarnation of the NBA's "Big Three" trend, what's become clear is that teams aren't necessarily viewed as "teams" anymore, but rather as core players and the rest of the roster."
December 8
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Among the Big Three, he was the one who was here first. To a degree, that puts Dwyane Wade in a different place with the Miami Heat than LeBron James and Chris Bosh. Wednesday, at the media launch event for his Jordan Fly Wade 2 sneaker, Wade spoke very much as a team captain, the lone member of the team's Big Three with such a designation. During a relaxed interview conducted in the bleachers of a gym in downtown Miami, Wade offered his thoughts about James' tumultuous year, Bosh's growth as an equal partner in the team's postseason success, and how he has stepped back when it comes to recruiting and the free agency of backcourt partner Mario Chalmers. He also spoke two days before"
December 2
Palm Beach Post
columnist Ethan J. Skolnick
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Chris Bosh wasn't bullied last season, no matter how the national story line often went. He wasn't enough of a bully either. By season's end, the Heat forward had seen and heard enough, then saw and heard some more. He reviewed every NBA Finals game several times to see what the Mavericks did and the Heat didn't. And yes, he heard the cackling commentary, from around the country, about the absence of force in his game. "I look at all the mistakes that I made, and with all those jokes going on around me, I kind of let that happen a little bit by not being as aggressive as I could be," Bosh said Thursday after an unsupervised workout with James Jones and Udonis Haslem on the first day"
November 19
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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The latest lockout offering? The Obama Classic Basketball Game, a fundraising event that apparently will have a Miami Heat flavor. Friday night, BarackObama.com, a fundraising wing, announced that an NBA lockout game will be held Dec. 12 at a yet-to-be-announced venue in Washington, with Miami Heat forwards Chris Bosh and Juwan Howard, as well as Heat executive Alonzo Mourning among those on the playing rosters. Mourning, 41, has not played since sustaining a serious knee injury in 2007, but has taken the court for various charity events. He is one of many retired players listed among the participants. NBA lockout rules strictly forbid active players and members of team or NBA staffs to"
November 17
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Chris Bosh has been through this so many times that he just smiles. Yes, he gets it, that he's not Shaquille O'Neal's personification of elite, a star, perhaps even a man. The latest dig comes in O'Neal's latest autobiography, the just-released "Shaq Uncut: My Story." Included in the retired center's inspection of the Miami Heat, beyond the now-well-chronicled digs at Pat Riley, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, are the latest volleys at Bosh. Now, as before, O'Neal stresses that the veteran power forward has achieved stardom without earning it, is more about numbers than winning, and "is not an elite player.""
October 30
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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While a single collective-bargaining agreement will emerge from the NBA lockout, it is becoming evident that a dual set of operational rules will be in place, one for teams operating below the luxury tax and another for those operating above. Stay below and flexibility, salary-cap exceptions and greater access to the free-agent and trade markets will remain in place. Operate above and you had better be content with what is in place on your roster, because it won't be getting much better. Which (as always) brings us to the Heat."
October 29
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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An NBA lockout exhibition scheduled for Sunday in Puerto Rico that was to include the Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh has been canceled. "The Puerto Rico game on Sunday is not happening," a source familiar with the situation texted the Sun Sentinel on Friday. The event, which also had listed Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant among participants, initially was supposed to be part of a world tour with additional stops in London, Macau and Australia. None of those games are currently scheduled."
October 20
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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The domestic lockout tour of NBA stars apparently is about to take to the world stage. In the wake of a report by a Puerto Rico newspaper last week, ESPN and Yahoo are reporting that a group of NBA stars that would include the Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James are poised to participate in a six-game world all-star tour from Oct. 30 through Nov. 9, with stops in Puerto Rico, London, Macau and Australia. While the event is contingent on the continuation of the NBA's work stoppage, the NBA already has cancelled games scheduled through Nov. 15, with additional rolling cancellations expected to be forthcoming if there is no progress in the federal mediation that continues"
October 9
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Saturday night was about what LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh have been missing. The coming week might be about what they won't get back. Gathering at Florida International University for their charity lockout all-star game, the Miami Heat's three stars found themselves talking about a thirst for basketball that largely might go unquenched except at events such as Saturday's surprisingly dramatic "South Florida All-Star Classic." "I'm prepared for a season whenever it happens," James said before Saturday's extravaganza, which drew an overflow, enthusiastic, sellout crowd at 4,000-seat U.S. Century Bank Arena, "and I've been preparing all summer, putting in a lot of work.""
October 4
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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In less time than it takes to play an NBA game, all available tickets were snapped up Monday for Saturday's 7 p.m. NBA lockout all-star exhibition at Florida International University. Within an hour of the noon start of sales, all of the $100 lower-level reserved seats were gone for the game that will feature Miami Heat stars LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. In less than two hours, the remainder of the $50 upper-level seats were sold out, as well. While the game will be played at 5,000-seat U.S. Century Bank Arena, ongoing renovations and other logistics will reduce capacity closer to 4,000. The limited ticket supply created a frenetic scene at the University Credit Union Box"
September 28
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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It has been 21 years since South Florida hosted an NBA All-Star Game. Because of the NBA lockout, that drought soon could change. While the real thing is not on the horizon in the league's long-range planning, a source close to LeBron James confirmed Tuesday to the Sun Sentinel that James and Miami Heat teammates Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh have plans to team up to present a lockout pro-am all-star exhibition at 7 p.m. Oct. 8 at Florida International University. James has spent much of the offseason barnstorming with a series of locked-out NBA stars, participating in exhibitions in Cleveland, Los Angeles, Baltimore and, most recently, this past Sunday in Philadelphia. He also is scheduled"
September 15
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Whenever the Miami Heat come together after the NBA lockout, power forward Chris Bosh said Wednesday they still must come together as a team. Reflecting on both the work stoppage and his team being stopped two victories shy of a championship by the Dallas Mavericks in last season's NBA Finals, Bosh found himself in an introspective mode during an appearance on ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike in the Morning." "It was highs and lows; it was more lows than highs," he said of the 2010-11 season, the Heat's first with the collaboration with Bosh, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. "It was tough, because most of the time when we won, it was just a relief. It wasn't really just like, 'Oh my God, I can't"
August 24
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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While the NBA lockout threatens the Miami Heat's Nov. 2 nationally televised season opener against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, Chris Bosh has guaranteed himself television time this fall. NBC announced Monday that the Heat power forward will be featured on a Sept. 28 episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," an episode that also will feature Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, "True Blood" actor Mehcad Brooks, rapper Heavy D and veteran actor Dan Luria, who is best known for his role as the father on "The Wonder Years" and who has starred in Broadway's "Lombardi.""
August 10
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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If Miami Heat players head overseas during the lockout, the plans apparently will come on delayed and short notice. Agent Henry Thomas, whose agency represents the Heat's Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh, Tuesday told the Sun Sentinel none of those three clients have received overseas offers and that none are actively seeking such opportunities. "If there are opportunities presented to my guys," Thomas said, "it's my responsibility then to look at those opportunities and see what they are." While Wade on Tuesday became the latest Heat player to address the option, he, like James said a day earlier, apparently views the choice as a matter of last resort amid the NBA lockout."
July 20
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Chris Bosh? Chris who? At a time when the Miami Heat released its 2011-12 regular-season schedule Tuesday without mentioning a single player by name due to the lockout, and a time when the NBA did the same with its formal schedule release, Shaquille O'Neal pushed aside any league-mandated, lockout-created restrictions. And mentioned LeBron James and Dwyane Wade by name during NBA TV's schedule show. "The Miami Heat," the former Heat center said, "they've got a lot of great players, the 'Big Two.' They will be back. "LeBron James is taking a lot of criticism, but I know LeBron very well. He hears everything that everyone is saying, so I think he's going to come back and have an MVP year"
July 2
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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While Chris Bosh's recent "Hangover" style bachelor party has been well chronicled across the web, his South Florida wedding later this month became a bit more complicated by the lockout. Under lockout rules, the NBA has banned contact between players and team officials or coaches. Bosh, however, already has several such Miami Heat members on his invitation list. While the Heat declined comment Friday, citing league guidelines, the team apparently has already cleared the appearances of management and the coaching staff at the power forward's nuptials through the NBA. NBA spokesman Tim Frank initially said Friday, "There are exceptions to the general no-contact rule in special or unusual"
June 22
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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At the finish, Pat Riley reflected back on the start. That smoke-machine, spotlight, hydraulic-lift welcome party for LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh last July at AmericanAirlines Arena? Perhaps, Riley said Tuesday, not the best way to go. "There were things we would probably, if we had a chance to really think about it, and do it over again, may have done it a little bit differently," Riley said in his annual state-of-the-team postseason media session. But the Miami Heat president said the whole issue also become way overblown. Asked Tuesday to reflect on that high-volume moment, Riley tried to offer perspective. "The day that somebody asks my daughter to marry him, she's going"
June 22
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Depending on the perspective, Erik Spoelstra is either off the hot seat or on the clock. About the only long-term clarity revealed Tuesday regarding the Miami Heat long-term coaching outlook is that Pat Riley will not be a factor. The Riley portion of the equation came from Riley himself, with the Heat president holding an informal media session at AmericanAirlines Arena nine days after his team fell in the NBA Finals to the Dallas Mavericks. "No, I'm not going to do that," Riley, 66, said when asked about a potential return to the bench. "It doesn't mean that I don't have the fire, but no, we've got a great young coach here and I want to support him and hope that he can grow like I did.""
June 21
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Miami Heat Pat Riley reiterated Tuesday that he has no plans to return to coaching and that Erik Spoelstra is his choice to guide the team for years to come. In a wide-ranging, informal media session at AmericanAirlines arena, a relaxed Riley, in a buttoned-down blue pinstriped shirt, spoke at length about the 2010-11 team that came up short in the NBA Finals and where the franchise is headed. Of a possible return to coaching, Riley, 66, said, "No, I'm not going to do that." He paused, adding, "It doesn't mean I don't have the fire. But we've got a great young coach here." While Riley would not discuss specifics about Spoelstra's coaching future, he said, "Definitely we're going to bring"
June 16
Miami Herald
columnist Linda Robertson
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Chris Bosh embodied the Heat's collective emotions when he collapsed in the tunnel leading to the locker room after Dallas won Game 6 and the NBA championship on Miami's home court. The Heat was humbled, overwhelmed and temporarily incapacitated. It took the team's most honest player to express the anguish. Suddenly, the season was over. The air gushed out of Bosh, and he fainted to the floor. It wasn't so much a letdown as a crash. "I haven't experienced that pain in a very long time," Bosh said. "To be so close and work so hard and come up short, it just got to me. It took over me. "I'm not an emotional guy. I couldn't help it. I got it out of me and feel a lot better." Bosh spoke"
June 15
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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The mother of Chris Bosh's child is suing the Miami Heat star, alleging that Bosh prevented her from appearing on the reality show "Basketball Wives." Allison Mathis, Bosh's ex-girlfriend, claims in a lawsuit filed Monday in Orange County Circuit Court that Bosh "intentionally, knowingly, maliciously and without justification interfered" in her employment, prompting the television show's production company to fire her. In early May, Bosh sued Mathis and Shed Media, the show's production company, alleging that they were trying to exploit her former relationship with Bosh for "commercial gain.""
June 15
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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For his first seven years in the NBA, Heat forward Chris Bosh toiled in relative anonymity in Toronto, where hockey is king. So none of the Heat's "Three Kings" had to make a bigger adjustment than Bosh when it came to handling the spotlight as well as the basketball. It was no surprise that seconds after the Heat were eliminated by the Mavericks in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, it was the introspective, book-reading giant who seemingly took defeat the hardest. TV cameras caught Bosh collapsed and sobbing on the corridor floor en route to the locker room. "I haven't experienced that pain in a very long time,'' Bosh said after his season exit interview at AmericanAirlines Arena on Tuesday"